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Yet Another Paris Restaurant Advice Post
- Thread starter Scott Kraft
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Carl Steefel
Carl Steefel
I assume you are talking about Le Comptoir du Relais and not L'Avant Comptoir? As I recall, L'Avant Comptoir is just a stand up place, albeit very good and very well priced. Anyway, I don't consider this in the same vein as some of the other places (i.e, sit-down dining), but ???originally posted by Robert Dentice:
Josh clearly knows what he is talking about.
Josh - I will stop by later this week and next. You have no idea how many people I have sent your way who will be in town for Fashion Week.
Here is my list:
Some new places of note - David Toutain, Clown Bar (open all day), Le Servan and Les Enfants Rouge in the Marais which has a new Chef/Owner (small and reservations are required).
Lunch
Bistro Paul Bert (11th) - Classic French cuisine. Great pre-fixe lunch special and good natural wine list with a few older wines. RECOMMENDED
Clamato (11th) - Chef Bertrand Grébaut and Théo Pourriat no reservations seafood tapas bar. Next door to sister restaurant Septime. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED
Clown Bar (11th) - Open 7:00 am to 10:30 Wednesday - Sunday. Saturne owners recently purchased and restored the historic Clown Bar. I think Pierre Jancou is also involved.
David Toutain (7th) - Former Chef of Agapé Substance. Recently opened. Hearing very, very good things. The first reservation I made for MFW.
Frenchie To Go (2nd) - Open seven days a week, 8 am to 4 pm.
L’Epicure BREIZH Cafe (3rd) - Well-sourced products plus unlikely Japanese touches put Breizh Café head and shoulders above most crêperies. Excellent Ciders and Champagne. Also great mustard and butters (Seaweed Butter is amazing).
Ô Divin (19th) - Open Tuesday through Friday for lunch (18). Chef Mathieu has serious culinary chops from working at Chateaubriand, NOMA, Papilles Insolites, Benjamin Toursel & Michel*Bras. Lunch Tuesday through Friday. Dinner Monday through Saturday.
Septime (11th) - One of the best meals in Paris. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED
Yam’Tcha (1st) - Small husband and wife team. Adeline Grattard is the Chef and trained under my favorite three star Michelin Chef Pascal Barbot. The Husband is a tea master. The tea pairings are extraordinary. Very small and hard to get a reservation, lunch is much easier. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED
Take Out / Fast Food:
Best Fallafel L’As du Fallafel (4th)
Candelaria (3rd) - Just in case you are looking for a Taco in Paris. They also have a very good cocktail lounge at night.
Frenchie To Go (2nd) - Open seven days a week, 8 am to 4 pm.
Epicerie Verre Volé (11th) - small gourmet food store from the Le Verre Volé team.
Nanashi (3rd and 10th) - I put Nanashi here because the food is just ok but is good if you need a fast meal or take out.
Dinner:
Bones (11th) - Relatively new place that is doing fantastic things. Chef James Henry was formally at Au Passage. Set menu. RECOMMENDED
Come A Casa (11th) - Very small Italian restaurant with a tiny menu that changes daily.
Clamato (11th) - Chef Bertrand Grébaut and Théo Pourriat no reservations seafood tapas bar. Next door to sister restaurant Septime. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED
David Toutain - Recently opened. Hearing very, very good things. The first reservation I made for my next trip.
Frenchie (2nd) - Chef Gregory Marchand. Extremely difficult reservation.
L’Avant Comptoir (6th) - Too heavy on meat for my pescetarian tastes. But clearly an important place in the culinary history of Paris.
Le Baratin (20th) - This is where the whole Natural Wine scene started and where all of the chefs go to eat. *You have to ask for specific wines by name and things start to magically appear. I am a huge fan but service can be prickly until you break the ice.
Le Chateaubriand (11th) - I love Inaki’s food. Consistently one of my favorites. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED
Le Dauphin (11th) - Next to Le Chateaubriand. No set menu and more fish centric. Designed by Rem Koolhaus RECOMMENDED
La Table d’ Aki (7th) - Small intimate place where the Chef does almost everything.
Le 6 Paul Bert (11th) - New restaurant from Bertrand Auboyneau. Small plates.
Les Enfant Rouge - Also heard very good things from a friend who is a food writer who eats there twice a week.*Chef used to work at L'Avant Comptoir
Le Mary Celeste (3rd) - Fun overall place with very good cocktails, natural wine, light food and great music. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED
Le Servan (11th) - New restaurant with a chef who has worked at both L’Arpege and L’Astrance. Hearing very good things about this place.
L’ Verre Vole (10th) - Wonderful overall place. Another pioneer in Natural wine. They change chefs quite often so there is some variability in the food. Worth going.
Roseval (20th) - The young team members have formerly worked at places such as Rino and Le Chateaubriand. One of my favorite new places in Paris and a great value. (Update: the original chefs have recently left and one of the waiters purchased the restaurant so not sure if it is as good as it was late last 2013)
Septime (11th) - One of my favorite meals in Paris for either lunch or dinner. Closed Saturday and Sunday. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED
Spring (1st) - Highly acclaimed American Chef Daniel Rose. Pricey. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED
Vivant (10th) - The legend Pierre Jancou started another great spot and sold it again to the owners of Racines. I have not been since the change in ownership.
Yam’Tcha - Small husband and wife team. Adeline Grattard is the Chef and trained under my favorite three star Michelin Chef Pascal Barbot. The Husband is a tea master. The tea pairings are extraordinary. Very small and hard to get a reservation, lunch is much easier. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED
Verjus (1st)
Open Sunday:
Clamato (11th) - Excellent seafood oriented casual spot from the Septime crew. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED
Le Chapeau Melon - Owner was formerly involved with Le Baratin. Very small homey place. A decent option for Sunday. Very good natural wine list.
Les Enfant Rouge - Heard very good things from a friend who is a food writer who eats there twice a week.*Chef used to work at L'Avant Comptoir
L’ Verre Volé - Wonderful overall place. Another pioneer in Natural wine. They change chefs quite often so there is some variability in the food. Worth going.
Wine Bars:
Aux Deux Amis (11th) - Across the street from the Le Verre Vole wine bar and around the corner from the Le Verre Volé Epicere
Buvette (9th)
Café de la Nouvelle Marie
Frenchie Bar à Vins (2nd)
Le Cave (11th) - Le Chateaubriands wine shop and winebar.
Le Garde Robe (17th) -
Septime Cave (11th)
Quedubon (19th) - Wine bare/Bistro
Touller Outillage (11th)
Verjus Bar à Vin (1st) - Small plates. Closed Saturday and Sunday.
Vivant Wine Bar (10th)
Wine Stores:
Cave Augé (8th) - Best wine store in Paris for serious wine geeks. They can sometimes seem like they have an attitude although I have never encountered this.
Caves des Papilles (14th)
Crus et Decouvertes (11th)
Le Verre Volé La Cave (10th) - Small messy selection of Natural wines not as great as you would expect from the Verre Volé crew but still many great things to drinks and some very good values.
Cocktails:
Experimental Cocktail (2nd) - Sometimes hard to get in. I prefer to go on quiet nights.
Candelaria (3rd) - Just in case you are looking for a Taco in Paris. They also have a very good cocktail lounge at night
Le Mary Celeste (3rd) - (surprisingly good food and great wine selection)
Sherry Butt (4th) - New place. I have not been yet.
Coffee / Tea:
Boots (3rd)
Coutume (7th)
Fragments (3rd)
Foundation Café (3rd)
Ten Belles (10th ) - This is routinely mentioned as the best coffee in Paris.
Other Food Recommendations:
Cheese - Fromagerie Trotté (4th) - My favorite cheese store. Located close to the Marais.
Market - Le Marché des Enfants Rouge Market (3rd) - Decent market in the Marais.
Market - Marche Raspail (6th) - Largest organic Biodynamic market in France (only on Sunday for full Biodynamic). HIGHLY RECOMMENDED
Izraël Spice Store (4th) - Middle Eastern spice specialists.
La Tête dans les Olives - Amazing oliver oil store that also takes reservations for a 5 person table where the will create a unique meal for you (latable@latetedanslesolives.com.)
Pousse Pousse (9th) - Raw food and juice.
Tea - Hediard (8th)
Tea - Jugetsudo (6th) - Japanese tea store and salon.
Additional Information Resources:
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parisbymouth.com
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johntalbottsparis.typepad.com
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veganparis.com
Any (important) updates on this list? My success so far has been good in getting reservations (both Frenchies for 4 people, and Les Enfants Rouges for 2 on Sunday).
Josh Fontaine
Josh Fontaine
Go to the Buvette in the 11th not the 9th.
Add to my previous list:
Hero (our newer place)
Achille (pierre jancou)
La Bourse et la Vie
Bar Martin
Les Deserteurs *****
Le Point du Grouin
La Cave à Michel
Fulgurances (if you go asap)
Add to my previous list:
Hero (our newer place)
Achille (pierre jancou)
La Bourse et la Vie
Bar Martin
Les Deserteurs *****
Le Point du Grouin
La Cave à Michel
Fulgurances (if you go asap)
Robert Dentice
Robert Dentice
Yam’Tcha moved to a bigger place right around the corner and is slightly easier to get into. Still one of my favorite places. You can have lunch in the old place a very light menu focused on Buns!
Le 6th Bistro Paul Bert - temporarily closed for renovations
Bistro Paul Bert Cave - new wine bar with food open 7 days a weeks
Bones is closed
Roseval is closed - The Chef opened a new Italian influence spot called Tondo and it is excellent.
I would add Yard to the list, Gare au Gorille (especially for lunch, Septime alums) and one of my favorite places Restaurant A.T
Le 6th Bistro Paul Bert - temporarily closed for renovations
Bistro Paul Bert Cave - new wine bar with food open 7 days a weeks
Bones is closed
Roseval is closed - The Chef opened a new Italian influence spot called Tondo and it is excellent.
I would add Yard to the list, Gare au Gorille (especially for lunch, Septime alums) and one of my favorite places Restaurant A.T
Carl Steefel
Carl Steefel
Went to Les Enfants Rouges, what a great meal! Very original preparation all the way from the Amuse Bouche to the final dessert. My favorite was the black sausage terrine, a preparation I have never had before. Also a civet de biche that outshone the many I had in the deep dark woods of the Sologne. And a butternut squash soup with foie gras that was to die for. All of it paired well with a 2012 Guy Bernard Cote Rotie. Highly recommended.
La Bourse et la Vie was also very good, if not quite at the same level. Highlight there I would say was the Huitres Gratinees, and the 2011 Tardieu-Laurent Cornas. The Tardieu-Laurent showed none of the oak that the Cuvee Speciales show upon arrival in the US (a North Berkeley signature), so actually great Cornas typicity with no real spoofing in evidence.
Even better than La Bourse et la Vie was Le Bon Pourcain just off the Place Saint Sulpice. We split the veal chop there, best I have ever had (by far), and paired it very well with a 2011 Clos du Loup Blaye Cotes de Bordeaux. Also highly recommended...
La Bourse et la Vie was also very good, if not quite at the same level. Highlight there I would say was the Huitres Gratinees, and the 2011 Tardieu-Laurent Cornas. The Tardieu-Laurent showed none of the oak that the Cuvee Speciales show upon arrival in the US (a North Berkeley signature), so actually great Cornas typicity with no real spoofing in evidence.
Even better than La Bourse et la Vie was Le Bon Pourcain just off the Place Saint Sulpice. We split the veal chop there, best I have ever had (by far), and paired it very well with a 2011 Clos du Loup Blaye Cotes de Bordeaux. Also highly recommended...